@bbcclick. on instragram... @bbcclick. at youtube.com/... bbcclick. thanks for watching. see you soon. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and jon kay. our headlines today: brexit is in danger of getting stuck — that's the warning from a senior cabinet minister who urges mps from all parties to come together. crucial talks to tackle global warming continue through the night as officials from 200 countries struggle to agree a deal. a british sailor, rescued after her boat capsized during a round—the—world race, says she would do it all again in a heartbeat. crazy high—five living in scotland.

livignston score five in just 1a minutes to thrash hearts late in the game, and there was a red card too in a game that had been rather dull. good morning. some extremely dangerous weather is forecast today. there are met office amber warnings out for freezing rain. there are met office amber warnings out forfreezing rain. that's extremely rare here in the uk, but it causes widespread treacherous black highs. there are also warnings out for heavy snow, for blizzards because of storm deirdre, which is also bringing in severe gales. —— black ice ice. i'll have more for you in quarter of an hour. good morning, just after 7am on the 15th of december, this saturday. after one of the most turbulent political weeks in decades, this morning there is a call for mps from all parties to work together to achieve brexit. the work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, who is a close ally

of the prime minister, says our exit from the eu is in danger of getting stuck. writing in the daily mail she says it's time for politicians to abandon outrage and accusations. let's speak to our political correspondent, tom barton, who's in central london this morning. tom, this is an interesting bit of timing, and interesting intervention from amber rudd? absolutely. after a week in which an awful lot has happened, but very little has changed, one thing seems clearer than ever, the prime minister is going to find it incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to get her deal through parliament. that is acknowledged today by amber rudd, the home secretary and member of theresa may's cabinet, writing in the daily mail, saying brexit is in danger of getting stuck. so proposes reaching out across the party divide to try

to find a solution that parliament can accept. she says politicians should abandon outrage and accusations and forge a consensus. that good, she says, include mps openly discussing in parliament other options, including a closer deal than the prime minister is proposing, or even potentially another referendum. one group that is working together across the party divide is the brexit supporting campaign leave means leave. they held a rally last night and after that rally, which featured mps from the conservatives, from labour and the conservatives, from labour and the dup, nigel farage, the former ukip leader, said he now believes another referendum is the most likely outcome, although it's something he said that would be outrageous if it happened. for now, tom, thank you very much indeed. tom barton reporting for us this morning. he looked cold out

there this morning! i feel cold in here this morning! that'sjust my cold shoulder! freezing rain is expected to bring treacherous conditions in parts this weekend as storm deidre hits the uk on one of the busiest festive shopping weekends of the year. the met office has issued amber warnings in some areas, so what exactly is freezing rain and why is it a problem? helen willets can tell us more. it's very rare, naga, in this country and it's coming because we are transitioning from the cold continent or care that's been embedded and why we can't warm up, and jon this week, to the milder atla ntic and jon this week, to the milder atlantic air —— continental air. that's why it's unusual here. it happens quite a lot in the united states, for example, where you got the huge continent, the air is a lea k the huge continent, the air is a leak old and then the pacific warm, mild air moves in —— the air is really cold. water droplets around freezing. it might start as snow and

meld a bit but the water is below freezing and that falls onto the cold surfaces and instantaneously it freezes on impact, spreads out and causes the ice rink affect. on top of power lines and pavements and roads, they become impassable immediately and that's why it's so dangerous. if you're out and about and the rain starts, it's instantly treacherous. helen, thanks very much. you're going to tell us exactly pool b affected later on the programme. negotiations at a climate change conference in poland have continued through the night with nearly 200 nations trying to agree on how best to tackle rising temperatures around the world. progress has been made, but there are problems over the question of compensating poorer countries for the damage caused by glonbal warming. we can speak now to our environment correspondent matt mcgrath, who is in katowice. good morning, matt. how likely do you think it is we're going to get some kind of agreement in this extended conference today?

well, some rather weary negotiators are starting to drift in here to the conference centre, some have gone back to hotels to get some sleep. the mood is still pretty optimistic they will get some kind of a deal today. it's normal in these situations that these conferences, the cops as they're called, overrun because you're asking 200 countries to agree everything together in consensus and that's very tricky. there's been a new text produced yesterday by the polish presidency, a lot of positives according to negotiators but a lot of tricky elements. there's tricky elements across the piece in terms of what negotiators are looking for. you mentioned the compensation for poorer countries for damage over the years, but there's questions about carbon trading and weather that should be brought in more centrally to the question of the decision made here. for the moment, matt, thank you. matt mcgrath keeping across developments at that conference. campaigners are urging

the government not to issue prison officers with a synthetic pepper spray to help tackle violence injails. the substance, known as pava, has been tested in four prisons over six months. the prison reform trust says the spray was used unsafely and inappropriately during the trials. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, reports. stop what you're doing, stop right there! it's used by police to subdue violent suspects, now prison officers are getting cannisters of pepper spray. pava, as it's known, will be available in public sector prisons for men from next year. when ministers announced the rollout in october, they said it followed a successful pilot scheme. the inca pacita nt was deployed 50 times. but analysis the prison reform trust suggested pava wasn't being used as it should have been. in two thirds of cases it said the use of the spray may have breached official guidance. sometimes prison officers were accidentally squirted, and it found pava was deployed against prisoners with mental health problems and inmates who were harming themselves. it was used in a case

where a prisoner was in the prison hospital. now, if you're in the prison hospital, the chances are you're mentally ill and this prisoner was, and pava was used three times in ten minutes, and on the last occasion the prisoner was actually behind a cell door and the pava was sprayed at point—blank range through the peephole in the cell door. so that was plainly wrong. prison campaigners say pava should not be given to other offices until there's a detailed review, but the prison service says it's taken on board lessons learned during the pilot scheme and there'll be clear rules on how the sprays should be used. danny shaw, bbc news. thousands of police are preparing for a fifth consecutive weekend of protests by the so called yellow vest movement. the unrest was sparked by rises in fuel taxes but has grown into demonstrations against president macron‘s administration. our paris correspondent hugh

schofield reports. once again in paris, the riot police will be out in force on the champs—elysees where a number of luxury goods shops said they will be shutting for third day. some museums will be closed but both the louvre and the eiffel tower will be staying open. the authorities are taking no chances, but they hope the number of protesters today will be significantly down on previous weekends. after president's macron‘s offer to open the state's coffers on monday with 10 billion euros in help for people on low wages and pensions, some in the yellow vest movement have acknowledged that was a major step forward and have called for a pause. others say that the violence at the last two saturday protests, much of it actually caused by young opportunists rather than bona fide protesters, is damaging the cause. but there are still yellow vests around the country who feel now is not the time to ease up the pressure. they feel that if macron has given once, he can give again. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. a british sailor who was

rescued after her boat capsized during a solo round—the—world race has said she would do it again in a heartbeat. susie goodall was rescued after she got into trouble 2,000 miles west of cape horn. yesterday, she finally arrived back in chile where she was reunited with her mother and brother. ben ando reports. back on dry land and an emotional welcome from her family for susie goodall, the british sailor rescued from the southern ocean after the mast of her racing yacht was torn off in a ferocious storm. after 157 days alone at sea, and a very emotional week to follow, i was fighting back the tears as i stepped off the ship and saw my mum and oldest brother. my whole family have been my rock from day one of this whole journey, way back three years ago when i signed up to this golden globe race. i've put them through a lot and i know i have a lot of making up to do. she set sail injune. at 29, the youngest competitor in the gruelling golden globe round—the—world race.

she'd reached fourth position in the standings after rounding cape horn when, ten days ago, disaster. buffeted by huge waves, thousands of miles from land, the mast of her yacht snapped, and as it rolled end over end, she was briefly knocked unconscious. after drifting for two days, she was picked up by a chinese freighter. it was a delicate operation because her yacht, dhl starlight, was unable to power itself, the giant 40,000 ton ship had to gently manoeuvre itself alongside for her to be winched aboard. sailing away from dhl starlight was heartbreaking. she stood up valiantly to all that the elements had thrown at her and looked after me to the last moment. her race this time is done. but susie goodall said, even knowing what's in store in the dangerous seas of the southern ocean, if she was asked whether she would do it again, she would say yes in a heartbeat. ben ando, bbc news. glad she's back and safe! obviously

she's glad she is safe but she doesn't seem that happy to be back, obviously massively disappointed she had to finish. also shellshocked, what an experience being trapped income like you said, middle of nowhere. on your own fall that time and then suddenly new surrounded by all these cameras! —— you are. and then suddenly new surrounded by all these cameras! -- you are. on a lighter note... new york is a city famous for its bright lights but the big apple has never seen anything quite like this. it's hosting its first ever chinese lantern festival. more than 3,000 hand—made lanterns were shipped to the us from china for the spectacular event. some of the displays are up to 30ft high. lantern festivals are an ancient tradition in the far east and have been around for 2,000 years. beautiful, stunning. bolellli pictures! —— lovely pictures. let's go back to the story we were

talking about moments ago. major climate change talks ran late into last night, with negotiators sweating over the detail of how to tackle rising temperatures. nearly 200 nations are attending the conference in poland, and whilst most agree urgent action is needed, there are questions over compensation for poorer countries for the damage caused by global warming. we're joined now by dr christopherjones, who is an expert in climate change at the university of manchester. good morning to you. what do you make of these discussions now, because you were following it late last night, as long as you could before you came on the sofa this morning, what do you make of the sense of urgency that there? i think the getting together in poland to agree the rules, bringing the paris agreement three years ago 110w the paris agreement three years ago now into practice and implemented, is good. it looks like different

groups are moving at different speeds. there are some groups particularly vulnerable to climate change who want things to move faster, they want the rulebook to reflect that and they want the compensation... or some kind of transferred to account for the loss and damage from climate change, and to play for the transition to a low carbon future, in less capable and developed countries, to happen more quickly —— transfer. some countries may be want to move not as fast and not necessarily welcome the recent report from the ipcc, the intergovernmental panel on climate change, about1.5 intergovernmental panel on climate change, about 1.5 celsius warming. that's a more difficult target than the two degrees target. that 1.5 celsius target is the idea the total global temperature should not rise by more than that by the end of the century? yep. the global mean average temperature. 0k. the global mean average temperature. ok. we heard these talks went late

into the night and then unexpectedly will continue today, what kind of things are they hoping they can agree on in terms of how it could affect our day to day lives? watch the headlines be if they get agreement? —— what should. ideally they'll have a headline that reflects the scale and urgency of the issue, saying we need to do things urgently and start having a very transparent process. transparency‘s one having a very transparent process. tra nsparency‘s one of having a very transparent process. transparency‘s one of the key issues that's been debated, and i think there's been good progress on. countries can set very ambitious targets, and targets that match the science, but also can have a process for clearly documenting and measuring that progress and reporting to each other so there is transparency and fairness and trust in that process. the trouble with this, there are so often these summits and talks and agreements and protocols, and it does not seem to change anything, or doesn't change anything faster. can

you understand the frustration of real people in the real world, what is going on here, what is practically changing? certainly. all the data we have at the moment suggest that emissions would have gone up again, like they did last year after a brief period of stabilisation. we are not heading in the right direction, even at this year. we need to be peaking and going down as quickly as possible. that frustration is very real. national governments have not managed to achieve that. we can welcome things like london, manchester, bristol, cities taking effo rts manchester, bristol, cities taking efforts to act even if national governments are a bit slow on that... just to interrupt you, driving along in manchester, you now see signs that if you stand next to this road for the equivalent, it is absorbing a certain amount of carbon dioxide. the guys make us more

aware, and more frustrated, i suppose. the frustration you can see in and around the event in poland, butjussie schoolchildren are doing these classroom strikes and various things, frustration is widespread around the world —— and jussie. the leadership doesn't seem to be moving faster. it does not mean people at a lower level, even in your own life you can do things immediately to deal with it, until the national conversation catches up with the urgency. we will keep a close eye on what is happening today. dr christopherjones, thank you very much for talking to us. just after 7:15a.m.. we much for talking to us. just after 7:15 a.m.. we can stay with matters climate. things are looking pretty horrible weather wise today. hello is joining horrible weather wise today. hello isjoining us. we are horrible weather wise today. hello is joining us. we are talking freezing rain and all kinds of warnings, macro —— hello isjoining us. this is what it looks like. this was

devonin this is what it looks like. this was devon in march. it is an extremely rare event. does not happen often. one of the reasons it is dangerous is it is black highs. rain on frozen services. numerous warnings out today. we will tell you about the amber warning is from the met office. they are the most severe. many parts of the uk have warnings out today. for the freezing rain event, that is a major concern because it is treacherous. it happens almost instantaneously. things freeze and become impossible. but also the snow is a real concern. we could see up to 20 centimetres of snow, a significant amount of snowfall blowing around and potentially storm force winds because of storm deirdre. freezing rain as! because of storm deirdre. freezing rain as i have mentioned is when you have snow that will melt as it reaches temperatures in the above freezing and then it falls back into the frozen air and frozen services.

instantaneously the frozen air and frozen services. insta ntaneously it will the frozen air and frozen services. instantaneously it will become like a nice rain. —— surfaces. any cold surface at all like power lines and trees can bring down branches. that weight on a branch will bring it down. there are lots of reasons why this is a dangerous situation today, travel wise, please stay tuned to your forecast, listening to local radio. you have mild air on top of that cold continental air that has been established all week. naga and john have been saying they had been called all week. it has been hard to warm up. as that process, that transition takes place, and you have that severe winter weather. you don't see that of an adult in the uk. those are the amber warning areas. the ice warning. —— you don't see much of that. on a dry note we start off, not much happening at the moment. we are starting to see some snow initially, as it gets heavier later this morning into the afternoon that is when the risk of

the freezing rain becomes major and significant snow further north across the highlands of scotland. there could even be snow at lower levels for the south. it looks like a mostly rain event here. notjust rain. wetand a mostly rain event here. notjust rain. wet and windy conditions across the south—west, southern england, into wales and northern ireland could bring flooding rains, potentially, 30— 50 millimetres. translate that into snow and the hills. that freezing rain, heavy freezing rain will cause some extremely nasty conditions. the snow keeps falling as well across highland parts of scotland. this is lower levels in scotland. it is so cold. temperatures will barely get above freezing today. with that gale force wind potentially it will feel raw, probably colder than it did yesterday as a result of the strength of the wind from storm deirdre, which continues to blow. nasty winds as we go through the evening and into sunday as well. quite a nasty note in terms of severe gale force winds. the snow

falling across scotland. by the time we get to tomorrow the hope is that the worst will be out of the way and we will seek drier conditions and showery conditions coming in. for the next 2a hours it looks dangerous because of the weather conditions. naga and john. we have been warned. thank you. speak later. the question of how society cares for older people is a complicated one, made more difficult in europe by falling birth rates, meaning fewer young people paying taxes to provide much needed care. so can we learn anything from other countries? japan has the world's oldest population and our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has been to see what they do, as part of our who cares? series. singing. deepin singing. deep in the mountains to our was north of tokyo, this is now the old est town north of tokyo, this is now the oldest town in japan. north of tokyo, this is now the

oldest town injapan. —— two hours. once a week this couple drive their mobile shop up into these valleys. at each streetcorner they turned the music up and wait for their customers. music plays. the young have all left for the city. now only the old remain. for them the mobile shop is a lifeline. so you are like a social service, taking on everybody each week? translation: i think the village will be more deserted without us coming here. these villages are what we call shopping left. translation: we know the people here. we have known them for over 30 years. we want to do what we can to help them. all over ruraljapan there are more and more places like this where the vast majority of the population are in their 60s or

older. by the middle of the century, more than 40% of japan's total population are going to be old age pensioners. no other country in the world has ever experienced that before. there's not just world has ever experienced that before. there's notjust a question of how they are going to pay to look after a ll of how they are going to pay to look after all these all people, it's who is going to do the caring. japan has a well funded care system. everyone over a0 must pay into it. that peaceful people like this. today she and her colleagues are going door to door checking on pensioners. but this system is already under huge strain. the reason is dementia. in another neighbourhood, they are checking on a 90—year—old man. a year ago his wife was diagnosed with dementia. now she needs almost co nsta nt dementia. now she needs almost constant care. translation: sometimes she waits

outside the front door until late at night. she thinks our children are coming to collect her. i try to persuade her to come in, but she refuses. there are already 5 million people in japan refuses. there are already 5 million people injapan suffering with dementia. by 2025 that will rise to 7 million. where japan goes the rest of the world will soon follow. but even here no one is sure how it is going to work. we'rejoined now from our london newsroom by natasha curry, a senior fellow in health at the independent think tank, the nuffield trust. thank you very much forjoining us this morning, natasha. we ran this report on what is happening injapan and we have taken a look, we have often been compared to germany to see what they do with their care system. what are the sticking

points, what do we need to do to make a significant change? in england at the moment we don't have a funded social care system like they do injapan and germany. the system is quite complex. many people assume that care is funded as part of the nhs, where in fact if you have assets, a house, savings above £23,500 you are liable to pay for all of your care. that comes as a shock to people. we have quite a low awareness amongst the public that thatis awareness amongst the public that that is the case. that is one of the sticking points. the other sticking point is that despite attempts over the past 20 years to reform our social care system, we have never received achieved a political consensus “— received achieved a political consensus —— achieved. received achieved a political consensus —— achievedlj received achieved a political consensus -- achieved. i am sure you are aware, there was that rather wonderful drama with sheridan smith and alison steadman on care. it

looked at the issue of, as you mention, how everyday people don't have an idea of what is available, in that sense, but also from both sides, staff wanting to provide the best care, not having the budgets, all the time, on this sofa we talk to politicians and talk about budgets and how they are scrabbling for money, without that there, what, ona for money, without that there, what, on a personal level, what should we be thinking about for owl and our families loop was futures? -- for owl. it is difficult to plan for the future at the moment. there is a web insuring against your care costs at the moment. one in ten of us is expected to face care costs in excess of £100,000 in our lifetime. because there is no insurance market bet you cannot enjoy yourself privately. the state funding isn't there unless you have very low means. it is very difficult at the moment for people to make those preparations. we are awaiting a government green paper, which is a consultation paper, which is intended to address this very issue of start that conversation with the

public about what sort of social ca re system public about what sort of social care system we need, what we want, and what we expect, and what we are willing to pay for it. how receptive, do you think, as the issue becomes ever more at the forefront of our minds and spoken about, how do you think it would go down to have these mandatory payments, in the way that long—term ca re payments, in the way that long—term care has been introduced in germany, how do you think that would go down here? isn't it a matter, really, whether politicians are willing to say we will put that rather unpalatable choice to the public? indeed. i think that is where previous repose will store reform have fallen down. big cause it requires a brave political move to fund the system —— previous proposals for reform. the starting point is ensuring that people understand what the problems are in the system now and what they can expect from the system. then to have a wider debate with people, genuine

debate across society about what is a cce pta ble debate across society about what is acceptable and what we are willing to pay. it is interesting when we look at japan and to pay. it is interesting when we look atjapan and germany, and i have visited both countries to find out more about their systems, what they both said is that the ageing population concern around paddy kenny number one social issue and that people were very accepting about paying into a system —— the number one social concern. is a clock, so to speak, how urgent can this issue be made, when could this proposal come through? —— is it a ticking clock? we are 20- 25 years behind other countries. japan did this in 2000. our population projections are less stark than bears. our population profile will bears. our population profile will be similarto bears. our population profile will be similar to japan's bears. our population profile will be similar tojapan's in 20 bears. our population profile will be similar to japan's in 20 years. we have a little bit of time but not much time. we are already seeing

people going without the care that they need. so i think this is a really urgent issue. natasha curry, senior fellow at the nuffield trust, they give are talking to us on brea kfast. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. it isa it is a chilli morning. —— cold morning. still to come this morning: the 8a—year—old grandmother who has been taking to the skies to help her multiple sclerosis. stay with us. we'll have a summary of the news injust a moment. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and john kay. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. after one of the most turbulent political weeks in decades, this morning there is a call for mps from all parties to work together to achieve brexit. the work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, who is a close ally of the prime minister, says our exit from the eu is in danger of getting stuck. writing in the daily mail she said it's time for politicians to abandon outrage and accusations. at a rally in london last night,

the former ukip leader nigel farage said he thought a second referendum was now the most likely outcome. she's not leading the nation. we're actually becoming more divided on this subject than perhaps we were 2.5 years ago, and that's why i think a second referendum gets closer. i hate the thought of it, but i tell you what, i'm going to spend every minute getting ready for it. negotiations at a climate change conference in poland have continued through the night with nearly 200 nations trying to agree on how best to tackle rising temperatures around the world. progress has been made, but there are problems over the question of compensating poorer countries for the damage caused by global warming. scientists have warned the global

temperature rise must be kept below 1.5 degrees by the end of this century to avoid the worst impact. campaigners are urging the government to stop plans to issue prison officers with a synthetic pepper spray to help tackle violence in jails. the prison reform trust says that during trials the spray, known as pava, was used unsafely and inappropriately. but the prison service says lessons have been learnt form the pilot and there'll be clear rules on how the sprays should be used. thousands of police are preparing for a fifth consecutive weekend of protests by the so called yellow vest movement. shops were looted, cars were set alight and windows were broken in paris last weekend. the unrest was sparked by rises in fuel taxes but has grown into demonstrations against president macron's administration. a british sailor who was rescued after her boat capsized during a solo round—the—world race has said she would do it again in a heartbeat. susie goodall was rescued after she got into trouble 2,000 miles west of cape horn. yesterday, she finally arrived back in chile where she was reunited with her mother and brother. commuters in the us state of new jersey couldn't

believe their eyes when cash started blowing across a main road. you need to explain this! here's the scene. . . you need to explain this! here's the scene... it's a motorway and some kind of vehicle, armoured car, carrying money burst of open and the notes started flying into the lanes. —— burst open. people hitting each other in their cars to get their hands on the money. but police have warned people they'll have to return the money and are investigating several road traffic accidents linked to the incident. you saw some of them there. so it's not a freeway then? if they're making the people give the money back. took me half an hour to think of that! you could hear the grey

cogs wearing! the ugly side of the ball? nothing slightly ugly, of all! —— the ugly side of football. chelsea are ashamed, they have banned fans for the alleged racist abuse of raheem sterling last weekend, and in the week, chelsea fans again involved, uefa are investigating the alleged anti—semitic chants aimed at the players in the hungary game... game in hungary in the europa league. it has sparked a wider debate, why is this happening? frank lampard, chelsea legend, now at derby, says it's part of a wider problem and he thinks a rise in hatred is due to social media, people think for some horrible reason they can hate people more and express those feelings because they can hide behind their twitter account or whatever it is. they're becoming used to having that vitriol, so when they're in that environment... he thinks it goes a

lot wider, because of what you look like a. we've heard the same in politics, the abuse to some mps —— what you look like. that's why frank lampard is speaking about this, the wider society problem, he is speaking ahead of the derby game against nottingham forest on monday. let's hear from him now —— derby. i think in a bigger picture, and there is one here, and this is not to exclude racism, racism is a part of this but i do get disappointed with the amount of hate that goes on in the modern society and game, some of it social media—based, it's very plausible now to say i don't like you because of how you look, because of your sex, because of your preferences, because of your family, because of your decisions that you've made in your career. i think that's something we need to look at, and that's just about decency. speaking from the heart there, frank lampard. now, what you can do in 1a minutes? cook pasta? easy! half an episode of eastenders. watch newswatch after this

programme? that is exactly 14 minutes. or if you're, livingston, score five goals. it had been goaless until 72 minutes, but when hearts had a man sent off, livingston went on their scoring sprees, including this brilliant individual goal by dolly menga. hearts have lost six of their last eight games now, and missed the chance to go top. livingstone are just two points behind them in fifth. that was towards the end of the game? 72 minutes on the clock when that happened. not as dramatic at west brom. they are up to third in the championship after a 2—1win at promotion rivals sheffield united. the blades had led in the first half, but then gareth barry's equaliser and this strike from kieran gibbs completed the west brom turnaround, and takes them to within three points of leeds in the automatic promotion places. it's awards season, with sports personality on the bbc this weekend, and liverpool's mo salah has been named the african footballer of the year. the liverpool and egypt striker retains the trophy he also won last year. he helped liverpool to the final of last season's champions league and got his country

to the world cup finals in russia. he says he's already looking to win, it for a third time next year! in rugby union, exeter chiefs will live to fight another day in the european champions cup after coming out on top in their must—win match at gloucester. it was the first victory for the premiership runners—up in europe this season. the chiefs scored four tries to gloucester‘s three. elsewhere, ulster completed the double against scartlets with a win at the kingspan stadium. next to a golden day for great britain at the track cycling world cup in london with five gold medals. five seems to be the number this morning, doesn't it? in the team pursuit, laura kenny, katie archibald, nia evans and eleanor dickenson smashed their showdown with world champions america catching them with more than a kilometre remaining. the race ended in confusion. the catch normally signals the end but nobody actually told the riders. that is unheard of, one kilometre to spare! the riders were in shock and

awe. we wanted to go out to do a good time, and ifeel like we were on for a good time, we set ourselves up and we only had six laps left so it was a bit frustrating, you know, that there wasn't the flag. we were lucky not to crash, to be fair. so, yeah, little bit frustrated but obviously glad that we won. jody cundy led a successful night for the british para—cycling team too winning gold in the individual and team sprint. kadeena cox and neil fachie also took top honours. judd trump is through to the semi—finals of the scottish open. with this unusual final shot... a bit like what we would do! just whack them and see what happens, he only needed a red to take the frame and the match 5—3 against stuart carrington in glasgow. he'll face the former world champion shaun murphy in the last four. some breaking taekwondu news, and jade jones has reached the final of the world grand slam in china. the double olympic champion beat marija stetic from croatia in the semi—final. the golden point round in that match. there are still four more britons

competing in the semi—finals this morning and you can watch all the action live on the bbc sport website and red button. later this morning, england's hockey players take on belgium in the semi—final of the men's world cup. they're hoping to reach their first final since 1986. speaking to us from his hotel in india, phil roper says the team are feeling confident. obviously our tournament started a little bit slower than we would have wanted, but over the last three games we've really grown into it, having beaten some really, really tough opponents in ireland, new zealand and recently olympic champions argentina. so we're feeling really, really good and really excited to get the semi—final going. next darts in the dark... no, it's not our latest saturday morning challenge but was for real at the world darts championship. we would never get that past health and safety! have a look at this. the lights going out mid match at the alexandra palace! the fans tried their best to help by getting their phones out but the players, paul nicholson and kevin burness had to be taken off.

it became a bit like a pop concert! not to worry, though, it was all sorted shortly after. they found 50p for the metre and the match was able to resume. left in the dark before a bit longer —— left in the dark a bit longer before things got going again. this next story is an inspirational one. i've been to meet an 8a—year—old grandmother who's hoping to change the lives of people like her who have multiple sclerosis. glen mills has been using a wheelchair for 20 years, but when she gets into a wind tunnel, she is an extremely graceful skydiver. i went along to see what she could teach me. ready for takeoff... 8a—year—old glen mills has spent over two decades in a wheelchair because of multiple sclerosis, and other health problems, but all that changes when she puts on her skydiving suit and throws caution to the wind. before i was fairly sedentary in my chair, and there were so few things that i could do. and the minute i sat

in there and felt the wind on my face, that was such a great feeling of freedom. it's changed my life completely. glen has now completed over six hours flying time in the wind tunnel, and says it helped her to such an extent physically and mentally. you can see how independent she's become in here. but she says, as a result, she's now got movement back in her knees and legs once again. it's better than any medication because you get such a high. it's almost like euphoria for me when i get in there. i'm reliant on nobody. i can get movement out of my knee, i can turn both knees and get in and out of the chair. glen then watched me struggling to match her grace and movement as i battled to keep my position and line in the driving upward wind. it's thought it's having to control your body shape in such

conditions is what helped glen, and why the ms society hope others follow her example and get more active now. i think glen's an inspiration, she's amazing. back in the day, doctors would advise people with ms not to exercise because they thought then it made ms worse. actually we now know the opposite is true. it can be as effective as taking a treatment. it doesn't have to be skydiving, it could be something as gentle as a bit of gardening, but it all helps. the exact science between glen's regeneration isn't fully clear, and every case is different, but she's taken inspiration as well from the british athletes training around her. al hudson lost his legs in an explosion while serving in the army but has gone on to compete in world championships, and is the first para athlete to get a silver medal in an able—bodied event. from being in that restricted kind of environment on the ground to suddenly being without any restrictions is just an amazing feeling for me. it's like breaking out of prison

almost and being in this completely free environment. i just absolutely love it. the skies are also opening up in a more extreme ways for glen thanks to virtual reality goggles and the chance to join a team wingsuit flying. the wind told me what to do, it took me where i wanted to. i love it. i'm just going to keep going until they have to take me out feet first! there we are, glen helping to change attitudes and transform lives. following the advice exercise can help and be as good as treatment, we heard from genevieve from the ms society, it can be as good as treatment. different activities will help different people, the ms society have active together as a

campaign and you can go on there and see what activities it's you best. how the cheat get onto skydiving? she got a christmas present from her daughter to do it, she put it to one side, she got into it eventually, and when she got the wind in her hair, she was hooked in the wind tunnel! thanks, mike! if you are travelling today, around the uk, you need to be really careful. there is a rare phenomenon, freezing rain that is affecting lots of us in the uk. helen is going to tell us more about that and who is going to be affected. good morning, helen. good morning, naga and john. it is likely to cause significant disruption. you don't get many weather days like this in the uk. as naga said, freezing rain like this is extremely rare in the uk. you get it in the united states and canada. before that hits you have severe weather across the western side at

the moment. pouring down in northern ireland, wales, and as others, storm deirdre is bringing severe gales. there could be severe weather around as well to add to what is a troublesome weather day. we'll start with the warnings in force from the met office. amber warning is it is at that extremely rare condition, freezing rain. iwill explain at that extremely rare condition, freezing rain. i will explain it in a moment. and for snow. we are already seeing snow across western scotland. it may start as snow before it gets heavier. before we get that weather coming into this cold air we have the wet and windy weather out west. once that hits the cold air that has been in place all week that is when we get the severe winter problems. snow were initially. then there is slightly warmeraircoming ina initially. then there is slightly warmer air coming in a different layer of the atmosphere —— snow initially. we have that rain, it freezes again, still in the form of rain, and then when it hits the frozen surfaces it spreads out, they are transparent, hitting hard

ground. they become, instantly, ayce. you cannot see it, it is like black ice. —— ice. the pavements and rose to become impassable, treacherous. that applies to tree branches and powerlines. we had a bad wind of freezing rain back 1985, 1986. it bought a lot of powerlines. it is because we're transitioning from the cold continental air to the milder atlantic air coming in that will wind out by the end of tomorrow. at the moment, as the transition takes place and our little british isles sitting underneath that transition zone we will get the weather today. not a great day, unfortunately, as it is so busy as well. these are the areas naga was asking about. the north midlands to southern england, but across north wales, east anglia, up into scotland, they are at risk. the most at risk. while that is going on

we have the cold air across scotland. snow is piling up. the winds are really escalating, which will make it feel raw anyway. but they will blow around the snow and there will be significant snow. in there will be significant snow. in the south it does not look as though we will see the worst of the wintry weather. southern parts of england and southern wales. it will be very wet and windy and rohrl. temperatures only three aw four celsius. then we have the risk of snow, freezing rain, then we get through north midlands. it does clear out of the way as we go through into tomorrow. it is much milder as we head into next week. in the meantime, very serious weather, naga and john. helen, thank you very much. it's been a busy week for news, so plenty to discuss on newswatch. let's take a look. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. after a trying week for the prime minister with portentous metaphors being made after getting locked in the car,

we will be discussing the tone of the bbc‘s political coverage. and what's it like being a bbc political correspondent at the heart of a storm? we will be talking to ben wright. it was one of those weeks when an avalanche of breaking news all seemed to be coming from one place. turmoil in westminster as the prime minister delays the crucial vote on her brexit deal at the 11th hour. there will now be a vote of confidence in my leadership. the prime minister has eight hours to save herjob. we are live at westminster with a bbc news special as prime minister theresa may fights for her political survival. you're watching a bbc news special. live at westminster. good morning and welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt, live at westminster. there was certainly advantages to reporting from the heart of where the story was happening, allowing programmes

like victoria derbyshire to capture the divisions in parliament live on our screens. i'm going to talk to your colleague now, james cleverly, conservative mp and vice chair of the conservative party. i gather that you don't necessarily want to talk to each other, so if you want to go... are you happy to? i will go, that's fine. ok, all right. mr cleverly, please do join us. good morning to you. and the coverage extended beyond regular programmes. viewers on bbc one were offered not just one but two live bbc news specials this week. on monday evening, nick robinson explored what theresa may's brexit deal could mean for the uk. while andrew neil hosted a prime time news special on wednesday with live coverage of the leadership challenge to the prime minister. but with events moving quickly, there were moments when even the bbc appeared unsure as to what scale of coverage was appropriate. the andrew neil special was initially scheduled to start at 7:30pm and last a full 90 minutes. within hours, however,

it was scaled back, first to an hour at 8pm, and then changed again to a half—hour special at 8:30pm, which delayed the start of the apprentice. millions of people tuned in, but was the wall to wall coverage really necessary? james patterson from essex wasn't sure. there were many instances throughout the week when bbc news did precisely that. but malcolm hyatt still felt there was too much focus on theresa may and brexit. i was due to play golf, so intended to watch my local bbc breakfast news and weather at 8:30am, for the regional forecast. if it is settled tonight, she can go to the european council tomorrow... instead i had to watch a guy

in downing street in a woolly hat setting up a lectern. i therefore surmised that the temperature was low. after much subsequent discussion, mainly of what would happen if mrs may lost the vote, i gave up and ventured out, prepared for all weathers. in the evening, i hear mrs may won the vote, but there is now much discussion as to whether she has won it by enough. yes, we need to know what's going on, but in manageable chunks, please, and not to the exclusion of everything else. another day of single issues, overconcentration at the bbc, ifeel. david andrews felt the same. is it possible, please, for all this brexit etc that is being bombarded on us by the television, to be moved to another channel, possibly the bbc parliament channel, or even online on bbc three to give the rest of us a little bit of a break and opportunity to reflect on the season? we asked the bbc to respond to those

comments about the volume of coverage and explain the reasons behind the schedule changes. they didn't mention the duration changes but told newswatch it was in the public interest for the result of the vote of confidence in theresa may to be broadcast to a mainstream bbc one audience as it was an important political moment with big potential implications for the country. let's reflect on an extraordinary week of political news with ben wright, the bbc‘s political correspondent. thank you for coming on newswatch. this was one of those weeks where viewers saw the green across parliament packed with politicians and tv cameras. what's it like reporting in those kinds of circumstances? it's never been like this before. i think most viewers and listeners know that themselves. everyone is gripped and glued to this story because certainly in my working life we've never had a political crisis like this. you're right, the college green area in front of parliament is now a gazebo city full of tents.

and it's not just british broadcasters. the world's media are there to try to make some sense of this. how do you keep a clear head when it clearly is a circus? i think all the time, what are the questions that the audience actually want answering here. they want guidance through this maze. it's such a multidimensional political story as well. you've got the stability or not of the government. you have theresa may's own position in her party. you've got gridlock within parliament. it's like this great big enormous political rubik's cube is being twizzled every day. and every day it feels different. you are having to just try and decode that for people. and how do you avoid too much speculation given how many what ifs and potential scenarios there are? it's hard to. and i think a lot of us have been chastened from our experience as political correspondence over the last two or three years where predictions have proved to be completely wrong. back to the 2015 election, which we all thought would be a hung

parliament but it delivered a conservative majority government, through to the referendum, which i think wrong—footed a lot of politicaljournalists. politics stopped being predictable quite a long time ago. i think the key thing for us is to show some humility. and not to pretend that we know how this will unfold. when there are facts, how do you report them? sometimes you have competing narratives. 117 mps voting against theresa may in the vote of confidence this week. depending who you listen to, the result was either a strong vote of confidence in her or a massive blow to her authority. how do you decide what to report? what's the truth? there is a political hunch that we have. but it's also based, and that's a good example — that day, talking to lots of conservative mps before the result to get a sense from them as to what would constitute a good result, poor result, strong win or destabilising win. from the point of view of viewers, at a time of huge uncertainty, and it's fair to say anxiety, they worry that interpretation can feed further uncertainty. i wonder, as political correspondents, are you conscious, is it a big responsibility with that anxiety?

do you get worried that what you say might have its own repercussions? it's certainly unlike any political story we have covered in that people looking at it are very disturbed in many ways, and alarmed by what's unfolding. because all the normal elements of british political life that you think are pretty solid, like a functioning adversarial parliament that in the end does itsjob, doesn't seem to be working at the moment. and as a politicaljournalist that is terribly exciting to be reporting, but it is slightly disturbing as well. and you feel that as journalists covering it, absolutely. and there is a whole team of people working alongside presenters and reporters like yourself. people see laura kuenssberg, me and my colleagues, but this only happens because of a vast and brilliant political machine, journalistic political machine. they are the ones, the producer standing outside a cabinet minister's house at 6am, doorstepping for the latest comment. it's the researchers following events in parliament all day, they're the people keeping us on the road, as well as lots of crisps and pizza.

our diets have collapsed in the last few weeks. it has to be said. ben wright, thank you very much. theresa may had started the week by postponing the big vote on her brexit deal, and embarking on a whistle—stop tour of european capitals in an effort to win further concessions from eu leaders. on tuesday lunchtime, the bbc news at one reported on her visit to berlin, including this moment. from there it was onto her next stop. at every turn the prime minister appears stuck. political gridlock at home, and here in berlin, even her car door refused to open. her fundamental problem though, she has agreed the deal must have a backstop to avoid border controls ever returning on the island of ireland, and parliament doesn't like it.

the moment was also discussed by presenter simon mccoy and berlin correspondentjenny hill on the bbc news channel later that afternoon. i suppose if you wanted an analogy, the difficulty the prime minister had in just getting out of the car, itjust shows how much things are stacked against her. yeah, it wasn't the best start to her meeting with angela merkel, who was stood on the red carpet waiting as mrs may's staff tried desperately to get her out of the car. as you can imagine, a great deal of heavy symbolism is now being attributed to those first few moments. but that was no laughing matter for patricia betts in sutherland. she called us with this message. the monday lunchtime news showed mrs may's car door stuck as she arrived for an imported meeting regarding brexit. this was used by the reporter as a pun. i was so cross i had to turn off the television. this happens all too often in news reports,

a serious news item being treated lightly, and journalists trying to be too clever. perhaps the bbc could learn not to treat the public as if they were children to be amused, entertained or even insulted. but there has been praise for the bbc‘s brexit reporting as well, with one newswatch viewer getting in touch to ask us to thank the team at brexitcast, particularly political correspondent chris mason and brussels reporter adam fleming. here they are in action. chanting: we demand a people's vote. let me remind you what is in this deal. first of all there is a withdrawal agreement, about 600 pages, that's the terms of the divorce, winding up the uk's membership of the eu. plus it's about protecting the rights of people from the eu living in the uk and protecting the rights of brits living in the european union. correct. david james—bailey from lincoln wrote to us... thank you for all your

comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs or even appear on the programme, you can call us, or e—mail. find us on twitter and have a look at our website. that's all from us. we are off air for the next two weeks but we will be back in the new year. happy christmas. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. our headlines today: "brexit is in danger of getting stuck" — that's the warning from a senior cabinet minister who urges mps

from all parties to come together. crucial talks to tackle global warming continue through the night as officials from 200 countries struggle to agree a deal. a british sailor, rescued after her boat capsized during a round the world race, says she would do it all again in a heartbeat. crazy high five living, in scotland...